Building for industrial purposes



June2o,1933. n E; HMG www? BUILDING FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES June 20, 2933. E. HNIG BU 1LD1NG FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Filed Nov. 25, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 20, 1933 PAINT FFICE EDGAR I-INIG, F BERLIN, GERMANY BUILDING FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Application led November 25, 1930, Serial No. 498,147, and in Germany December 2, 1929.

rlhe present invention relates to buildings, and more particularly to buildings for industrial purposes.

In its speciiic form the invention relates to that type of building in which provision is made for the more or less continuous conveyance of goods, as in warehouses, garages or factories in which the article under production is manufactured in successive stages lo and for this purpose is conveyed, for example by means of conveying` belts or other suitable transport means from one shop to another.

In buildings of this kind it has hitherto been usual to build up the different iioors in one block, and to provide inclines or approaches leading from the one story to the next and situated at the centre oi the building, or to dispose the different floors, which are also connected by inclines or approaches, in step-like fashion about a central point.

These arrangements are accompanied by the disadvantage that, for example in the case of factories, either the raw material is introduced at the bottom of the building and the iinished article emerging at the top requires to be conveyed again to the ground floor by special transport means, or special transport means are required to convey the raw material to the top of the building, so that the. iinished article will emerge at the bottom.

In the case of garages the provision of central approaches or inclines takes up a very large amount of space owing to the limited turning capability of the cars, in addition to which special approaching ramps are also required.; or the cars require o to be turned round again to descend to the ground floor, travellingkin an opposite direction to the ascending cars and accordingly necessitating a double width of track to enable the cars to pass, so that in this case 45 a very considerable amount of space is also wasted.

According to the invention, the upward track and the downward track are disposed in different parts of the building, and these parts are caused to cut each other at one or more points. In this manner the following advantages are obtained.

l. It is possible on any floor to change over at the cutting point from upward to downward movement in direct fashion.

2. The upward and downward movements take place in separate parts of the building.

3. By the provision of additional wings to the building separate manufacturing processes are also rendered possible.

4. rI`he paths of the upward and downward movement are identical with the actual tracks, so that no waste of area occurs in connection with the elevation.

5. The raw material may be introduced on the ground iioor, while the finished article emerges on the same level.

G. By the total disposition the greatest safety is ofered against tire, as each floor f may be made to close oil in ireproof fashion against the next without presenting any obstruction to the way of escape.

7. The number of manufacturing stages or the total manufacturing process may be increased by building on additional ioors or new wings, without necessity for reorganizing the whole run.

The invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is the plan view of a possible forni of embodiment of the new type of building according to the invention,

Fig. 2 being a section of the same building in perspective view.

Fig. 3 is the plan view of another form of embodiment, while Fig. t shows the generation of the different floors. i

Referring now to the drawings, the ascent commences on the ground fioor at the point designated A. The goods or articles being conveyed are taken along an incline L up to the level B, which is disposed for example N 4% feet above the ground floor A. The 9" ascent then continues along a second incline o up to the level C which, following the same dimensions, is situated, say, 9 feet above the ground floor. An additional ineline c then leads to the level D, which is situated, for example, 131/2 feet above the ground floor.

The ascent may be continued from this point to any desired extent. If necessary, however, the goods or articles may also be conducted over an incline down to the level X, which is situated 9 feet above the ground. The further descent then proceeds over an incline g/ to the level Y (421/2 feet high) and finally over an incline e' to the level Z, which is the ground floor again.

As an alternative the upward and downward tracks may also be disposed as in Fig. 3, in which these are indicated by the arrows.

It Will be understood that no restriction is made to the specilic forms of embodiment shown, and that various modifications are quite possible Within the meaning of the above description and the annexed claim Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A building equipped for progressive transport along the different floors and from one floor to the other of goods under manufacture, storage and the like, comprising sections of substantially spiral form, the spirals being of similar turn in the same direction of travel of an object but of opposite turn in different directions of travel of an object, with the spirals intersecting to provide a part common to both, each or' the spirals being:v made up of horizontal ortions interrupted at determinate points by inclined ramps connecting such horizontal portions.

In testimony whereof I have afliXed my signature.

EDGAR HONIG. 

